Card and picture holder.



J. A. COPE.

Patented Dec. 7, 1909.

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JOSEPH A. COPE, 0F FULTON, ILLINOIS.

CARD AND PICTURE HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. '7, 1909.

Application filed October 3, 1908. Serial No. 455,992.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH A. Corn, a citizen of the United States, residing at Fulton, in the county of VVhiteside and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Card and Picture Holder, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has relation to display card and picture holders, and it consists in the novel construction and arrangement of its parts, as hereinafter shown and described.

The object of the invention is to provide a simple and inexpensive, and, at the same time, durable holder of the character indicated, especially adapted to hold cards and pictures for display purposes, and having its parts so assembled that when the holders are piled or stacked one upon the other, provision is made for protecting the surfaces of the cards or pictures mounted upon the holder.

In the accompanying drawings:Figure l is a side elevation of the holder. Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view of the same.

The holder comprises a backing 1, upon each side of which is arranged a facing 2. These facings 2 are provided with parallel slits 3, and the said slits are divided throughout their length into minor slits by integral intervening portions 4 of the facings. The said slit-dividing portions of the facings are located at points approximately midway between the ends of the minor slits of the next adjacent slits, and such arrangement is continued throughout the series of slits. Bounding battens 5 are located about the edges of the backing and the facings and have their outer faces located in planes beyond the planes of the outer surfaces of the facings. By reason of the said battens having the location as indicated, the cards or pictures mounted upon the facings are protected against rubbing or wear when several of the display holders are piled on stacked. To secure the cards or pictures in position upon the holder it is necessary only to insert the corners or ends ofthe cards through the minor slits in the facings in a manner as indicated in Fig. 1 of the drawings, or in any other analogous way.

An advantage gained by the break-joint arrangement of the slits as indicated is that the disposition of the slits is such as not to detract from the strength of the facings, and at the same time, sufficient openings are provided in these facings to receive the portions of the cards to be exhibited.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure, by Letters Patent, is

A display holder comprising a backing, a facing arranged on each side of the backing, each facing having a series of parallel slits, divided throughout their length into minor slits by intervening integral portions of the facings, said slit-dividing portions of the facings being located at points approximately midway between the ends of the minor slits of the neXt adjacent slit, with such arrangement continued throughout the series of slits, and bounding battens located about the edges of the backings, and having outer surfaces lying in planes beyond the planes of the outer surfaces of the facings.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto afiixed my signa ture in the presence of two witnesses.

JOSEPH A. COPE.

Witnesses:

0. Roy HANSEN, Gr. H. THoMPsoN. 

